February 23 , 2017
Moonlit Flowers + Dwarf Goats & Chickens!
Often , it ’s after hour when we head to the garden to wrap down . On humid nights right now , Narcissus ‘ Erlicheer ’ charge a fragrant whiff my way . To catch us by surprisal , various repeated rainwater lilies come out up spring through fall when times are correct . Drought knotty evergreen plant shrub Spiraea is a inheritance garden classic , here blooming against Lady Banks rose a class or so ago . in reality , it ’s flower right now , but Lady Banks has n’t completely flush out yet . White Lady Banks rose is the fragrant one . These are drought tough “ go big ” screening roses that want little attention beyond pruning to keep in bounds!Native Texas aristocratical grass ( Poa arachnifera ) promenade flowery seed heads in mid - spring , here against blackfoot daisy ( Melampodium leucanthum).Silvery Yucca pallida spike up the light , again with blackfoot daisy . aboriginal silvern ponyfoot ( Dichondra argentea ) covers the ground nicely against silveryAgave parryivar.truncata . Beyond , firecracker fern ( Russelia equisetiformis)brings by hummingbird and butterflies to enjoy the daytime contrast . In summer , native Datura attracts bees by sidereal day and pollinating moth by night . My summertime - flower crinum lily are toughened as nails about drought , freeze out , and rain bomb calorimeter . And in fall , we ’ve pay back the grasses , like this special one , Muhlenbergia sericea‘White Cloud ’ . If you ca n’t get it , aboriginal Lindheimer muhly covers the drama just hunky-dory . In Plano , Michael McDowellbanished his lawn for a gorgeous , water thrifty intention . In one of his many personable , exhort blogs atPlano Praire Garden , see how he lights up the dark with plants . In this moving-picture show , nativeAloysia gratissima , a small shrubby Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , frame understory plant life . His selection guarantees that he ’ll always make out wildlife in action on his front yard perambulation . Evergreen Confederate ( or star ) jasmine is popular as a screening vine on treillage or fences . In spring , it ’s the star performer to pump out sweet perfume for weeks . Keep that sweet jasmine aroma going with sambac jasmine that perfumes container or garden bed from tardy spring to fall . I grow mine in a winter - protect patio container , since hard freezes intend its doom . Plus , it greets my morning and stop my day with a fragrant swoosh . At theTravis County AgriLife Extension presentment garden , it ’s in reality been evergreen in the land several winters in its lustrous shade location . Only time will tell if it makes it back after our below 30 ° freeze bomb . Get Daphne ’s growing tips asCTG ’s industrial plant of the Week . Amanda Moon fromIt ’s About Thymejoins Tom on a fragrant ocean trip with plants that radiate by moonlight . In cool weather , romantic cyclamen , silvery dusty miller and fragrant alyssum ( to appeal pollinators ) sweetens the deal , even in containers . A hassle gratuitous container plant I ’d never weigh — but will do so right now — is variegated airplane plant . These are the easWiest ones to grow in a hanging basketball hoop to light up that balcony or patio . In April , seed moonflower against a trellis or obelisk . LikeKaren Curryfrom Georgetown , you ’ll desire it close up to catch its redolence and perhaps a shot of a pollinating moth . Amanda usher off an orchidaceous plant I ’ve never met , but now I must have one!Brassovola nodosa , appropriately named Lady of the Night , is one for the “ regular ” folks who want to develop easy - tutelage orchids , she tells us . bloom in January and February , she likes it for its citrusy scent , most pronounce at dark . She never fertilizes this “ bad as nails ” beaut . She keeps them on the dry side , watering more in summer and less in winter . “ Plant in orchid barque in a container match their size . A little light tint in the affectionate month keeps them from discern or burning from too much Dominicus . In the wintertime , keep from freeze , ” Amanda note . Watch now .
Thanks to the pelting and our other leap , thing we did n’t industrial plant ( aka “ weeds ” ) are having a theater Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . HerbalistEllen Zimmermanjoins Trisha to identify a few of your “ foes ” and how this field of common is good for you!Watch now . On circuit at Whitney Nolen ’s , we ’ve got your goat!And play the rooster that assail me!Okay , it was my fault , since I wanted a peek inside his cute firm . Guess I looked like a raccoon . Bad hair’s-breadth day . We made up . We had a blast at Whitney ’s modest urban backyard farm , a ambition of hers since childhood . Now , with collaborator Jesse Adkins , she raises Nigerian Dwarf goats and chicken in a standard backyard to provide eggs and Milk River to the vicinity . A teacher at St. Francis School , Whitney loves to teach the sustainable lesson she learned as a child , even hosting a summertime camp for her students . Goats Nutmeg and Vindaloo provide about a gallon of Milk River a day several months a year . After straining ( and pasteurize if neighbor want that ) , Whitney make full growler container from beer - making friends and hops on her scooter to make the bout to the neighbourhood . Whitney and the neighbors also plough impudent Milk River into yogurt , tall mallow , and liquid ecstasy ( which really softens gardener skin!).Running bamboo ’s a yummy snack , so the goats are in much demand by neighbor who desire rude control . Since goat and poulet will eat LOTS of thing , Whitney corrals her veggie garden . Oh , the playscape ’s for the baby goats who love to climb up and skid down . There ’s piles for the goats to eat on and play with inside their comfy quarters touch base to the chicken coop . Austin rules for stock in your backyard ? Whitney tells us , “ coop for chicken have to be 50 feet from every neighbor ’s dwelling . If you have miniature butt , you’re able to have one to six and their pen just needs to be 50 animal foot from every neighbor ’s dwelling just like the chicken henhouse . “ Whitney start Austin Backyard Goat Meetup where you may get one - on - one wind for nurture your own sweet stooge . plug in with her onFacebook .
And , Vindaloo hopes you ’ll stop by on theFunky Chicken Coop duty tour April 15to get her John Hancock .
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